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W. WILSON, Jr. Combined Handle, Bail, and Strap Holder for Cans, 82:0.

No. 234,364. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

NJFETIERSV P lruoemm UNITED STATES EAIENI OFFIOEQ WILLIAM WILSON, JR, OF GREEEVILLE, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHARLES GREEN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED HANDLE, BAIL, AND STRAP-HOLDER FOR CANS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,364, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed July 1, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILsoN, J r., of Greenville, Delaware, have invented an Improved Combined Handle. Bail, and Strap- Holder for Cans and other Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view, in perspective, of a holder embodying myinvention, with a ring-handle applied th ereto and a strap shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 a transverse section of the same indicating in full lines the plan of attachment of the handle, the same'in its depending position being shown in dotted lines, and in dotted lines the plan of attachment of a strap and of a bail.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My holder is designed for application to a can or other metallic vessel of any desired character and shape, and is of such character as to permit of the attachment for the handling of the vessel of either a strap, bail, or ring-handle, or of any two of the same, or of all.

In the drawings, A represents the holder proper, conveniently made of pliable sheet metal in the form sh0wnthat is to say, of a single piece doubled upon itself so as to form along its upper edge a tube or socket, to, for the reception of a ring-handle, F, and at its lowered ge to form a re-entrantflange, 0, turned back at about a right angle, and adapted to be secured to the can-body, by solder or otherwise, in the same manner that the tube a is adapted to be.

B is a boss struck into both thicknesses of the metal at about the central side portion thereof, and perforated with an orifice, 0, for the reception of the hooked-up end of a bail, O.

The convexity of the boss is outward and its depth sufficient to permit of the usual movement of a bail.

Both the flange b and socket a are of such depth as to form a recess or keeper, D, extend.- ing the length of the holder and adapted for the reception of a strap, E.

Such being the construction of my holder, it is obvious that it is adapted to the reception of a ring-handle,bail, and strap, applied either all together, any two, or one separately.

The practical construction of the holder may be such as convenience of manufacture may suggest, either out of a single thickness of metal or out of a double thickness, formed in the manner shown, or out of two pieces, and the entire device may be shaped at once in the blank or shaped as to its separate parts by separate operations.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States As a new article of manufacture, a handleholder for cans or other vessels, constructed as set forth and containing a socket for a ringhandle, a boss for a bail, and a keeper for a strap.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 24th day of May, A. D. 1880.

WM. WILsoN, JR.

In presence of WILLIAM R. GREEN, CHARLES GREEN, Jr. 

